Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-06-24
CARNEY AND MITCHELL
THEY FIGHT AN ELEVEN ROUND
BATTLE, CARNEY WINNING.
The Light Weight Championship of the
World Again in the Hands of
Cunning and Scientific
English Pugilist.

New YORK, June 1S.-The great battle
between Jem Carney, light weight champion
of England, and Jimmy Mitchell, of Phia
| delphia, Arthur Chambers light weight
champion of America, was fought early this
| morning. The stakes were S 900 a side. and
there was an extra $1,000 in gate money
| Carney won in AZ minutes, after the greatest
| tight, according to experts present, ever seen
i'll this country. The fight took place thirty
miles up the sound. Forty-seven spectators
were present, and those who had stayed up
two whole nights and paid 800 to be present
were more than satisfied.
Mitchell was the first to enter the Is by "a
| foot ring. He is % years old, 5 feet, 81
inches tall, and scaled close to 1873 pounds
| lie was attired in white flannel knee
breeches, white stockings, and wore blue
birds eye colors Arthur Chambers and a
| friend seconded him. Neat English fighting
| boots were laced on his feet, and he took the
northeast corner of the ring. Carney fol-
lowed ten minutes later, shying his castor
into the inclosure at 1908 a. IN. Carney
wore white knee breeches, black fighting
boots, and blue and white colors His legs
below the knee were bare For nine years
he has been light weight champion of Eng
land. His weight was about 134 pounds.
Carney is 80 years old, and stands 5
feet, AZ inches. He was handled by
Patsy Shepherd and George Young
Frank Stevenson and Mike Bradley
were respectively referee and timekeepcr
Light tan colored gloves of the thinncst kid
were produced, and after short speech by
the referee the principals and seconds shook
hands i'll the Maltese cross fashion in the
middle of the ring.
Betting was in favor of the Engishman,
whose hacker had won the toss for choice of
corners. Carney crossed to Mitchells corner
and bet Chambers 500 on his own head
Chambers bet another 800 on Mitchell with
| a club man. The men showed up in splendid
form at the call of ''time.'' Mitchell made
much the better appearance, with his finely
musced shoulders and legs and full chest.
Carney, who was two inches the shorter of
the twain, looked stale and thin. He told a
reporter after the fight that he had not been
in perfect condition.
The first half of the first round was spent in
cautious sparring, while the spectators looked
on with bated breath. Mitchell tented: then
Carney did likewise Carney tried to land
on his opponent, and then jumped smlingly
back deposition. Then the Britisher. who
cleverly made Mitchell do all the running
around, dashed in. The sharp left hands of
the fighters landed along each others laws
They clinched. The spectators were excited.
but strictly observed the referees request for
silence The in fighting was of the most
desperate kind. Carney kept his left going
straight at Mitchell's nose and mouth, and
varied his blows on the ribs of his opponent
with an occasional cracker on the neck and
head. Mitchell smashed away with terrific
half arm counters on Carney's head and neck.
Il. g.
On the jugular vein. The Englishman
showed his wonderful cunning thus early
by fighting Mitchell at as close range
As possible, Mitchell having the longer
reach Mitchels mouth was bleeding pro
fusely when the two men fell against the
ropes and the referee tore them apart
Second round: Mitchell came up sanpuine
He let go at the first opportunity, and in
lighting was again begun For moment it
looked as though Mitchell was getting the
best of the fight, but Carney was working in
4 most business like manner. He made one
point of attack that is seldom seen in the
American prize ring-the back of the neck
Mitchell now and then landed resounding
whacks on the side of Carney's head, but the
Birmingham mans seconds felt sure that the
blows on the base of the Phadelpbian's
brain would soon tell on him.
Third round: Carney was short in two at
tempts to reach Mitchel's abdomen, and the
latter got in singer on his jaw in conse-
quence. After desperate set to and many
terrific exchanges the men clinched. Mitchell
used his right effectively on the head and
ribs of Carney, who countered heavily on the
mouth and gracefully ducked a swinging left
handler from his antagonist. Mitchell got in
a left handed crack at Carneys jaw Car
ney's feinting was wonderful. He took almost
absolute rest at times, while Mitchell was
blowing badly.
The seventh, eighth and ninth rounds
were simply terrific. Mitchell slipped
near the ropes when fought into
Carney's corner, and Carney inflicted
more punishment in the face AS Carney
lodged heavy righthand blow from
Mitchell, he calculated Just a bit too late,
Jimmy" and retaliated with his left In
the tenth round Mitchell was clearly over
matched. Carney knocked him down in his
own corner and forced him over the ropes
Mitchell fell twice in trying to regain his
feet, and two more knockdowns gave the
light weight championship of the world again
into English keeping.